Class of 1965
Class Chair:
Judi Davis Umaki 503/636-5773; Email 
Class Notes:
Judi Davis Umaki
Our gratitude goes to Neil '65 and Catherine Borman for their generous support of Earlham's science education program as detailed in the recent "Purpose and Passion" brochure. You make us proud, Neil! I'm also impressed every year by the significant financial support exhibited by the faculty. It's time to mark your 2010 calendar with the dates of our 45th (can that really be right?) class reunion: October 22 - 24, 2010. Do plan to attend; the more the merrier!
(Posted November 05, 2009)
Art Ellis
Art Ellison continues to live in Concord, NH. While still working as the NH State Director of Adult Education he spent a good part of 2007-08 involved in the Obama campaign, first for the NH Primary election, then with SEIU Local 1984 in preparation for the general election. He also continues to coordinate the lobbing/advocacy efforts in Washington, DC for the National Council of State Directors of Adult Education as well as provide training for adult educators across the country in The Politics of Adult Education. Any free time is spent playing basketball on a variety of teams, some of which participate in Senior Olympic tournaments around the country.
(Posted September 02, 2009)
Sam Wentworth
Sam Wentworth continues to do [more than] fulltime work in diabetes, particularly with teenagers. He also continues to work in Russia some each year, and he and Sondra host teens from Eastern Europe each summer. While they have witnessed remarkable improvements in Moscow and St. Petersburg in recent years, they are sadly aware of a high level of ethnic and international hate in the world. One hopes progress can be made to change this.
(Posted May 11, 2009)
Tom Smith
Tom Smith reports that he is spending a great deal of time in the “Quaker blogosphere,” including his own blog: quakerseeker.blogsport.com.
(Posted May 11, 2009)
Bob and Mary Beth Schnur Metcalf
Bob and Mary Beth Schnur Metcalf have been enjoying a long distance relationship with their first grandchild who lives in Washington, D.C. So far from Sacramento! Bob has also had a lot of wonderful experiences providing workshops on water testing and water pasteurization using the solar cooker, mostly in Kenya, and most recently under the auspices of the East Africa UN-Habitat group. Last year brought deep sorrow to Mary Beth whose sister died from a brain tumor.
(Posted May 11, 2009)
Lew Fikes
Lew and Martha Heisel ’66 Fikes are busy in retirement, traveling to visit family and being involved with their nearby granddaughter. Lew cares for three gardens while also serving as chair of the Board of Trustees of their church, volunteering at Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Habitat for Humanity and Stratford Ecological Center, educating children and adults to the beauty and wonder of the natural world and our need to care for it in a more responsible manner.
(Posted May 11, 2009)
Judi Davis Umaki
Visitors to Portland in recent months have included Randy Beck Thurman and Ann Ohlrogge Johnson '67, making for some happy times. In addition, Tom Mullen ’56 and faculty 1966-1997 have been doing some visiting ministry at Reedwood Friends Church. Not surprisingly, he’s still the same wise, caring and funny man. In March, Portland area alums also had the opportunity to meet Gail Clark , Director of Alumni Relations and Mic Jackson, Professor of Mathematics, who heads the college’s sustainability efforts and his wife Sandy Jackson, secretary in the Psychology Deptartment.
(Posted May 11, 2009)
Obituaries:
William Baker
William G. Baker, 66, died Saturday, June 20, 2009. A life-long resident of New Castle, he was born in Henry County, a son of the late Leah Ledgerwood McIntyre and Carl Baker. Bill enjoyed playing golf (most of the time), traveling, and sharing stories with a "small hint of the truth" with friends and family. He graduated from New Castle High School in 1961 and Earlham College in 1965. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Indiana University Law School, Indianapolis, in 1970 and from George Washington University Law School with a masters degree in urban law in 1972. After law school, Baker was a trial attorney in the Civil Division, US Department of Justice, and later a special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Divison, US Department of Justice. Baker was an attorney in New Castle since 1973. He was active in citizenship education through the Indiana Bar Association and the Center for Civic Education. He was one of the founding fathers of the "We the People-the Citizen and the Constitution" program and the longest serving chair of Indiana's Citizenship Education Advisory Committee, and a member of the Center for Civic Education's National Advisory Committee. He was chair of Governor Orr's Committee on Civic Education; and a member of Indiana Bar Association's Bicentennial Commission (Constitution and Bill of Rights). He was the attorney for the New Castle Community School Corporation for 30 years. He served on the Burkett scholarship committee for the Henry County Foundation and was a member of the Rotary Club and First Friends Meeting. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Jane '65; son, Jay (wife: Jeanne) Baker of Sullivan, IN; daughter, Jill (husband: Aaron) Smith of East Grand Rapids, MI; grand-daughters, Kayla and Emma; brother, Jon (wife: Sharon) Baker of Connersville, IN; mother-in-law, Garnet Showalter of Muncie, IN; and several nieces and nephews.
(Posted November 08, 2009)
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